Class Teacher - Mrs. Vungani Midian
Teaching Assistants - Tawene Nyirenda
Welcome to Nawimbe class-Year 2
Our themes this term 'Goals and Dreams' for the first half and 'Healthy Me' for the last half which will be linked to all our learning across the curriculum.
This term in English the children will be focusing on personal recount, descriptive writing, explanation text, newspaper report and riddles. They will watch read aloud videos from YouTube such as 'The king who didn't like the dark,' 'Electricity' and 'light and dark' etc.
In Mathematics, we follow the Whiterose math scheme here attached.
Our Topic this term will be Art and DT based. The children will have lots of fun with the 3Rs art and crafts
In Science, the children will have the opportunity to explore different materials and learn how to use different materials for different things or purposes.
In art, children will learn about the work of a range of artist, craft makers and designers. In DT the children will make a range of appealing products from old or used things aligning with the theme of 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Refuse'.
On your marks, get set, RUN!
This term we will focus on athletics and ball skills. Children will learn to run, jump, hurdle and throw with increasing control in a range of activities. Small team games will be played to develop great sporting behaviour.
In ICT this term, children will be learning to use "powerpoint". They will learn to create a digital presentation, use correct IT vocabulary when talking about work on powerpoint presentation and experiment animating images, text boxes and slides in different ways.